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GREENE COUNTY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — 23 years ago, to the day, Audrey May Herron left work in Catskill, both she and her black 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee haven’t been seen since. Friends of the missing mother are still keeping the search alive.
“Hey, woman, I’m waiting for you to come. We got to take the girls to the mall.” Those are the words that Audrey’s friend Marie Parker would say to her friend, if she were still around. “She was just a really, really good mom, excellent friend.”
Audrey May Herron was last seen on August 29, 2002, leaving the Columbia Greene Long Term Health Care Facility, where she worked as a part-time nurse. The 31-year-old mother of three was reported missing by her family the next morning. “23 years is a long time. And every day it’s like it happened yesterday,” said Parker.
Police say she was wearing dark green medical scrubs and a blue turtleneck when she disappeared. After leaving work they say she headed west on state route 23. Investigators searched the 12-mile stretch from her job to her house. “If someone could tell us where our dear friend is. She’s spunky, she’s a very good mom, daughter, wife, friend, aunt, and she’s missing out,” exclaimed Parker.
In 2016, a lead in the case brought investigators to a home on Cauterskill Road in Catskill. They excavated some ground and drained a pond on the property, but the search came up empty.
In May 2022, the State Police sent divers to search three bodies of water in Greene County, including the Catskill Creek. But that search came up empty-handed, as well.
“I’m a firm believer that whatever happened to her that night, she knew whoever it was. And I wish the coward would come forward, kind of end the nightmare that we live.” Parker went on to explain that Audrey’s three children are doing well, “She [Audrey’s oldest daughter] actually just had a baby a couple of years ago. Audrey, somewhere she’s a grandma now. Sonsia followed in her footsteps and is a nurse. She lives in Arizona, married. Katie actually just got engaged. She’s following in her mom’s footsteps. And Quinn, he’s got a girlfriend, got a life, and he’s a pretty good welder, from what I understand.”
Troopers said Herron is missing under suspicious circumstances and that anyone with information surrounding her whereabouts or about the case, are asked to call the New York State Police at (518) 622-8600 OR EMAIL NYSVICAP@TROOPERS.NY.GOV.
“I would hope that God has her wrapped in his arms till he can bring her safely home,” said Parker.
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